# Storm Clouds In Yellowstone **URL:** \ **Category:** Image Critiques\ **Tags:** landscape\ **Created:** [January 12, 2019, 3:21pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/storm-clouds-in-yellowstone/3303 "2019-01-12T15:21:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ed\_Cordes](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/ed_cordes/32/566_2.png) [@Ed\_Cordes](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Ed_Cordes)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2019, 3:21pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/storm-clouds-in-yellowstone/3303/1 "2019-01-12T15:21:25Z")
This is a re work of an old image from our 2005 to Yellowstone NP. I have always enjoyed going back through some images and reprocessing with modern techniques and software to see how they can work out. Thanks for looking. ![Yellowstone%202005-9388_output](https://images.naturephotographers.network/original/2X/d/d91c7454e41e1719808b63459fd9a0dde4da176d.jpeg) ### What technical feedback would you like if any? Any and All ### What artistic feedback would you like if any? Any and All ### Any pertinent technical details: Canon 10D with the old 24-85 consumer lens. Reprocessed with Lightroom and Photoshop using Topaz AI Gigapixel to enlarge the file to modern standards. ##### **_You may only download this image to demonstrate post-processing techniques._** ---
**Author:** ![Ed\_McGuirk](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/ed_mcguirk/32/30542_2.png) [@Ed\_McGuirk](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Ed_McGuirk)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2019, 8:36pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/storm-clouds-in-yellowstone/3303/2 "2019-01-12T20:36:48Z")
Ed, I like the composition here with 2/3’s sky, and the “Big Sky Country” feeling that it creates. And those light rays are simply fantastic. While I know you were going for a dark and stormy feeling, I would slightly increase the exposure in the sagebrush foreground, to see a little more detail. And I might decrease the contrast in the sky a bit, it feels heavy, especially in the upper right corner. I’m not sure if that is caused by a vignette, or by your processing of contrast, but to my taste I would back off the sky a bit. ---
**Author:** ![Tony\_Kuyper](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/ac8455/32.png) [@Tony\_Kuyper](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Tony_Kuyper)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2019, 10:09pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/storm-clouds-in-yellowstone/3303/3 "2019-01-12T22:09:30Z")
Sort of a light sandwich here, heavy on the mustard. Looks delicious. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Alway](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/rick_alway/32/4911_2.png) [@Rick\_Alway](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Rick_Alway)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2019, 1:57am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/storm-clouds-in-yellowstone/3303/4 "2019-01-13T01:57:45Z")
Ed Cordes, In my experience, although I like darkness, it has to be used carefully. Total black, creating silhouettes, can be very effective, but when it’s just dark and with enough detail to draw the eye, it can be annoying. The center of your image really draws me in with a lot going on. The top third looks like a little too much graduated filter was used. There’s detail in the clouds there, but it’s like looking through a glass door on a fireplace with a lot of soot. You could still use a graduated filter, just don’t dial down the exposure so much or play around with how far you pull it down so the transition would be more gradual. Or crop out more of the sky. Lots of possibilities to get the effect you want. The lower third of your image has enough detail to draw my eye, but I’m straining to pick it out. You could crop a lot of that out and use the dark foothills in contrast to the warm mist, or, If you lighten it up a bit (see my example below), the silvery sage adds a lot. ![Storms%20Clouds%20in%20Yellowstone%20v2](https://images.naturephotographers.network/original/2X/5/5a92521b13a5854a57ff42e1da2cbecff4b682de.jpeg) I can see why you’ve been draw to reworking this image. Keep at it. ---
**Author:** ![Lon\_Overacker](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/lon_overacker/32/10929_2.png) [@Lon\_Overacker](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Lon_Overacker)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2019, 5:11pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/storm-clouds-in-yellowstone/3303/5 "2019-01-13T17:11:23Z")
Ed, Great drama on the in the sky and on the landscape. I agree with others I think the foreground should either be cropped, giving more emphasis back to the light and drama - OR, increase the luminosity a bit if you want to keep the bottom. I like Rick’s rendition, especially the foreground detail - looks just right. But I think lost some of the drama in the clouds/light. Perhaps something between this and your original as far as the upper half goes. Maybe just back off the yellow a bit from the original? Anyway, these are minor suggestions - you’ve got a dynamic landscape image. Lon ---
**Author:** ![Ed\_Cordes](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/ed_cordes/32/566_2.png) [@Ed\_Cordes](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Ed_Cordes)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2019, 6:01pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/storm-clouds-in-yellowstone/3303/6 "2019-01-13T18:01:56Z")
Thank you to all who have made good suggestions AS it happens my wife thought the FG should be lighter, but I was trying to create more drama. I do like the rework Rick did. Again, I appreciate all of you taking the time to comment.